Playhouse
You can place a playhouse between landscaping trees or have one built. Select a ground-level playhouse if you want to keep it away from trees. Include your children’s ideas in the process to ensure you add items and amenities they’ll love instead of starting over after the landscaping project has been completed.
A playhouse will give your children and their friends the ability to create many memories to look back on in the future. They can have a secret clubhouse or develop a space to read, paint, listen to music, and more.
Themed Garden
Butterfly, fairy, truck, and decorative rock or beach pebbles-filled gardens are great ways to spark up the backyard for your kids and their friends. When your kids help you design a garden with decorative rocks such as polished black pebbles, landscaping can be both fun and a physical benefit for the youth, leading to work and exercise when planting flowers, vegetables, fruits, and other items. Outdoor time is another advantage, especially if your children prefer staying indoors and don’t get the sunlight their bodies need.
Themed gardens get children more involved with the creation process, giving them a sense of belonging in the backyard. This will boost their confidence levels, lead to better sleeping habits, and increase family time together.
Water Adventures
With a small or large pool, a fountain, or a splash pad, you can add some water-themed fun to the backyard that excites your kids. Base the adventure on your child’s knowledge and skills to avoid injuries and accidents. For instance, you should avoid building a large pool for a child who cannot swim. Instead, try landscaping features like water walkways or splash pads.
Other ideas to incorporate include floating water lights, which come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Small and safe water wells are another feature to consider, along with fountains that include beach pebbles, stones, and a variety of decorative rocks, such as glimmering gold or snow-white pebbles.
Trampoline or Swing Set
Encourage your children to embrace the backyard more enthusiastically and happily by adding features they can enjoy daily, such as a trampoline or swing set. When they’re bored and need to release energy, they can get on these objects safely and jump around or swing, promoting their cognitive, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
The size of your backyard will typically determine what features fit best. Having a trampoline or swing set often leads to increased outdoor time for your kids, which helps them develop a deeper love for nature and spend less time on games, the internet, and non-physical activities.
By implementing some or all of these ideas, you can strike the perfect balance between a stunning landscape and a kid-friendly haven. No matter what type of landscaping project you’re planning, consider using decorative rocks, stones, or beach pebbles to add depth, character, and beauty to it. When you’re ready to get started on your landscaping plan, reach out to the experts at RS&P Rock Stones & Pebbles, a premier provider of river rocks, Mexican beach pebble, and a wide variety of decorative stones. To learn how we can help you create the landscape of your dreams, call us today.